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| Woman trampled to death by cattle | Woman trampled to death by cattle |
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| A woman in her 40s walking her dog in a field has died after being trampled by a herd of stampeding cattle. | A woman in her 40s walking her dog in a field has died after being trampled by a herd of stampeding cattle. |
| The incident happened on Sunday afternoon near South Elmham in Suffolk. The woman has not yet been formally identified by Suffolk Police. | The incident happened on Sunday afternoon near South Elmham in Suffolk. The woman has not yet been formally identified by Suffolk Police. |
| An ambulance crew sent for the police who cordoned off the area and called in the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). | An ambulance crew sent for the police who cordoned off the area and called in the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). |
| "The woman was walking on a footpath through a field with cows and a bull in it, when they stampeded," police said. | "The woman was walking on a footpath through a field with cows and a bull in it, when they stampeded," police said. |
| Suffolk Police said her next of kin had been informed. | Suffolk Police said her next of kin had been informed. |
| Blood-stained dogs | |
| Frank Sykes, of the HSE, said: "In 30 years in East Anglia, I can't remember us having a member of the public killed by cattle. | Frank Sykes, of the HSE, said: "In 30 years in East Anglia, I can't remember us having a member of the public killed by cattle. |
| "It's not uncommon for farm workers to be killed by bulls but quite rare for members of the public. | "It's not uncommon for farm workers to be killed by bulls but quite rare for members of the public. |
| "But I am aware up and down the country there have been one or two incidents with walkers being killed by cattle, particularly if they've had young." | |
| Witnesses told journalists that one of the woman's blood-stained dogs wandered into a dining area of nearby South Elmham Hall country house after the attack. | |
| Hall owner John Sanderson was said to have gone to the woman's aid. | |
| A spokesman for the Health and Safety Executive said an inquiry was under way. Police are assisting with the investigation. | |
| A police spokeswoman said: "A woman in her 40s has died after she was trampled by a stampede of cows. She was out walking her dog, or dogs, along a footpath across a field with cows and a bull in it when the stampede occurred." | |
| Staff at the hall said they could not comment. |